The Alcohol Recovery Show

If you want to enjoy life, alcohol-free, what simple practice can you follow that will uncover your true desires and values and fuel change?
Today, Antonia discusses what that is and what it looks like in the lives of ordinary people who have struggled with alcohol issues.
Many of the books at WinsPress can assist you in the skill discussed today. To find out more about our books you can go to: https://winspress.com/books/

How do you cope with cravings, triggers, and life stresses that could upend your efforts to achieve freedom from alcohol dependence? Today Antonia has an answer that kicks off a series of episodes dealing with these issues.
You can contact Antonia and Lewis at:
https://winspress.com/contact.html

If you have set a goal to become alcohol-free, just how do you keep going? Life has many ups and downs and we all feel stressed at times, so how do we deal with these pressures without resorting to a drink?
Antonia answers this question today.
If you have comments or questions you can contact Antonia and Lewis at: https://winspress.com/contact.html

Here at WinsPress, we have another alcohol book on the way. And it's going to be different to ones you might have read before.

But before we go to print, we need your help and opinions.

Why?

In episode 15 of The Alcohol Recovery Show podcast, we explain what's going on and how it might benefit you.
Antonia poses some questions and prompts for you to consider. If you didn't catch them all in the podcast here they are:
· Do you have any views on how society or women’s roles impact their drinking behavior? Have you experience in supporting or encouraging a female loved one, family member, friend, or client to stop drinking? Have you felt equipped to understand their perspectives and needs?

· As a woman, how do you think your upbringing and the messages your received as a little girl and young woman have impacted on your drinking?

· Have you felt under pressure to ‘keep up with the boys’ in relation to alcohol consumption? Has this been in your professional life or your personal life or both?

· Has depression, in particular post-partem depression or depression linked to menopause, been a factor in your drinking?

· Do you feel hormonal fluctuations have affected your drinking behavior?

· Has motherhood been a factor in increasing or decreasing heavy drinking?

· How do you feel your roles as a woman in our society have affected how you drink? For example, as a mother, daughter, or partner?

· Has the passage of time affected your drinking adversely or for the better? Do you feel more tempted to drink as an older woman? For mothers of adult children, do you feel so-called ‘empty nest syndrome’ has been a factor in your drinking?

· Do you have experience as a transgender or gay woman in recovery? Do you feel your needs and perspectives have been understood and responded to by recovery services or groups?

· Have you been the victim of assault whilst under the influence of alcohol?

· Have issues such as low self-esteem, flagging self-confidence or self-doubt been reasons why you drank?

· When did you start to drink? What prompted you?

· Are there adequate policies in your area to ensure girls and women can go out safely at night whether they are drinking or not? How much of an issue is this where you live?

· Was alcohol a big deal for you as you grew up? Was getting drunk a rite of passage or a sign of rebellion and freedom?
· When you were growing up, did older female members of your family discuss drinking with you? What example did they set as regards drinking behavior? What sort of messages did you receive about being female in relation to alcohol consumption?

· Do you associate alcohol with a glamourous lifestyle? Or was this a factor in your drinking?

· How affected are you by alcohol advertising? Ate there any ads that have really affected you?

· Have you tried any traditional programs or groups to help stop drinking? What was your experience? Have you found that there are aspects of these programs that don’t resonate with you as a woman? How could they be improved to be more inclusive of women’s experiences and needs?

· Have you tried any recovery groups specifically for women? Have you found these helpful?

Contact us at: http://winspress.com/contact

Thank you!

Hello and a warm welcome to The Alcohol Recovery Show. Lewis David and Antonia Ryan work together at Winspress.com. The Winspress books (The 10-Day Alcohol Detox Plan,Alcohol and You and Mindfulness for Alcohol Recovery) have helped thousands of people get to grips with the negative impact alcohol is having on their lives. In this episode Antonia introduces Lewis and herself and presents the show's aims and invites readers' and listeners' to share questions, comments and experiences.
In The Alcohol Recovery Show, Antonia and Lewis hope to answer readers' and listeners' questions, share what helps to stop drinking and stay stopped and how to enjoy a full, happy and purposeful life without the need to drink. There will be tips and advice, responses to readers' and listeners' comments and much more.
If you have a comment, question or thought you wish to share, you can email Antonia at:
[email protected].